Deidre Scherer
Recognition
1991
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Deidre Scherer
Recognition
1991
Physical Qualities
Cotton, 10 3/8 x 9 1/8 in. (26.4 x 23.2 cm.)
Credit Line
Gift of Deidre Scherer (b. 1944), Williamsville, VT.
Object Number
1993.543
A portrait of an elderly woman in a dark dress before a green background. The portrait is composed of pieces of printed cotton or calico fabrics of various sizes and colors including several shades of brown and green, as well as gray, blue, white, pink, red, etc.. Machine stitching in white, brown, taupe, blue, etc. is used to add depth and detail. The portrait is mounted on cream colored fabric and framed in an unfinished wooded frame.
Baltimore Museum of Art by gift,1993; Deidre Scherer (b. 1944), Williamsville, VT.
'In the Spotlight,' The Baltimore Museum of Art, July/August 1995.
Anita Jones, "Diedre Scherer: The Threaded Image," The Baltimore Museum of Art, March 11-July 12, 1998, no catalogue.
Anita Jones, "Diedre Scherer: The Threaded Image," The Baltimore Museum of Art, March 11-July 12, 1998, no catalogue.
Anita Jones, 'In the Spotlight,' "BMA TODAY," (July/August 1995), pp.16-17, ill.
Inscribed: Handwritten on reverse in pen:' UF3-PLEXI/ DO NOT HANG IN DIRECT /DAYLIGHT OR SUNLIGHT; 'RECOGNITION'/fabric and thread, Nov. 1992/ [copyright symbol] Deidre Scherer, 1993/ Williamsville, VT 05362
